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The Western Hemisphere

The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere

The student news site of Western Albemarle High School - Crozet, VA

The Western Hemisphere

Check out the Moo Thru at the new Dairy Market!

Food in Review: Ice Cream

Darrah Sheehan and Kimball Sheehan May 5, 2021

The Moo Thru: You might be slightly confused about why we are reviewing the Moo Thru because you know it to be a road trip stop located in Northern Virginia. However, the Moo Thru recently established...

In Myanmar, the Irrawaddy Dolphin has learned to participate in “cooperative fishing” with the fishermen in the area. This is a phenomenon that occurs nowhere else in the world.  
Credit: WWF

Extraordinary Endangered Animals: Irrawaddy Dolphin

Marja-Helena Barrett, Staff Writer May 5, 2021

The Irrawaddy Dolphin is a charismatic-looking beluga-like dolphin with a rounded face. An ancient Chinese text from AD 800 even referred to them as “river pigs”. These dolphins inhabit the coastal...

Human of WAHS: Turner Monroe

Human of WAHS: Turner Monroe

Lily Kline May 5, 2021

What is something you weren’t expecting coming into Western during online learning? “When we have [drama] rehearsals, we are only allowed 10 people in the gym or choir room, and it’s fine. I just...

Humans of WAHS: Diana Kim

Humans of WAHS: Diana Kim

Maeve Ridings May 5, 2021

Looking back on a year of COVID-19, what have you learned? “Looking back from the beginning of COVID-19 changed the way that I approached a lot of things. For one, I value time a lot more. Everything...

This species essentially spends its entire life underground. It uses a long tongue to eat ants and termites in its underground home.

Credit: Benjamin Tapley

Extraordinary Endangered Animals: Purple Frog

Marja-Helena Barrett, Staff Writer April 21, 2021

The purple frog, or the pig-nosed frog, looks like a grumpy purplish blob with a pointy nose. Scientists discovered this frog only 18 years ago in the Western Ghats of India, and it belongs to the family...

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature should not be broken.”

How to Participate in Earth Day 2021

Marja-Helena Barrett, Staff Writer April 20, 2021

The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, after people became increasingly more aware of environmental concerns and their effect on human health due to the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent...

Senior Kathryn Burr is one of several students who have recently been vaccinated.

Teens on Vaccines: Students Reflect on the Vaccination Process

Opal Kendall and Sephira Ainsworth April 15, 2021

Last year, the first wave of the COVID-19 virus ravaged the globe, leaving fear, uncertainty, and panic in its wake. In March of 2020, the state of Virginia officially entered lockdown quarantine as a...

Students planned the workshops in response to the racism they have witnessed locally, nationally, and personally. Here, the memorial for Heather Heyer, who was killed during the 2017 Unite the Right rally, is still maintained on 4th Street downtown.

Students Lead Workshops on Anti-Racism

Thea Spitzner, Sephira Ainsworth, and Opal Kendall April 15, 2021

Beginning this Friday, students from the Multicultural Club and the Union of Color at WAHS are leading student-lead workshops centering around education, identification, and prevention of racism in our...

Ivy resident Towles Lawson has used his hobby of motorized skateboarding to get through the pandemic.

Skating Through the Neighborhood

William DeSimone, Staff Writer April 14, 2021

Once in a while, the people who live off Dick Woods Road in Ivy get to see an electric skateboarder flying down the street. Wearing his biker helmet and holding a controller in his hand, his dog chases...

Credit: By Pmjacoby - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25556567


The cicadas will first emerge in southern states towards the final days of March. This means that there’s a good chance that you’ll see your fair share of cicadas this spring.

Brood X is Coming and Here’s What You Should Know

Marja-Helena Barrett, Staff Writer April 13, 2021

This spring, Brood X cicadas, pronounced brood ten, will claw their way out of the earth. They will emerge in the hundreds of billions, leaving their underground homes where they have been living for 17...

Small businesses in Texas, such as Christies Sports Bar in Dallas, face unprecedented conditions due to COVID-19.

Texas Governor Faces Backlash for Repealing COVID-19 Restrictions

Abigail Connelly, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 2, 2021

On March 2, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbot released a decision to lift coronavirus containment efforts. Governor Abbot announced he was issuing an executive order to “lift the mask mandate and open...

Reece Mattern is talented in both track and soccer.

A Freshman Breaking Records

Grace Shook, Staff Writer April 2, 2021

Western is full of talented athletes, but there is one in particular who has been turning a lot of heads this year because of her unbelievable speed. Freshman Reese Mattern is a skilled soccer player and...

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